With exhibitions of his work at leading institutions and galleries in Spain since the 1980s, Pedro G. Romero's output is part of the debate on authorship that has marked art since the historical avant-garde. He is not just an artist but a curator, writer, critic and historian; he has also produced stage shows. The hybrid nature of his output since the mid-1990s can be divided into two major blocks: the F.X. Archive and the P.H. Machine. Both are based on his interest in the processes of the history of iconoclasm and the workings of popular modern art such as flamenco. He himself has described the F.X. Archive as an 'ongoing' documentary record that seeks to establish the basis for urbanising the province of nihilism, to paraphrase Habermas'.
Pedro G. Romero curated the exhibitions 'Tratado de Paz' ['Peace Treaty'] (staged to mark the choice of San Sebastián as European Capital of Culture (2015-2016)), 'Economía Picasso' ['Picasso Economy'] at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona (2012) and 'La noche española. Flamenco, vanguardia y cultura popular 1865-1936' ['The Spanish night: Flamenco, Avant-garde and Popular Culture'] at the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2007). His works have been shown at major international events such as the São Paulo Biennial (2014), in the Catalonia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2009) and at Documenta 14 (Kassel, Germany, 2017). In 2018 the Dos de Mayo Art Centre in Madrid staged a solo exhibition of his work under the title 'Pedro G. Romero. Habitación' ['Pedro G. Romero. A Room'].
With exhibitions of his work at leading institutions and galleries in Spain since the 1980s, Pedro G. Romero's output is part of the debate on authorship that has marked art since the historical avant-garde. He is not just an artist but a curator, writer, critic and historian; he has also produced stage shows. The hybrid nature of his output since the mid-1990s can be divided into two major blocks: the F.X. Archive and the P.H. Machine. Both are based on his interest in the processes of the history of iconoclasm and the workings of popular modern art such as flamenco. He himself has described the F.X. Archive as an 'ongoing' documentary record that seeks to establish the basis for urbanising the province of nihilism, to paraphrase Habermas'.
Pedro G. Romero curated the exhibitions 'Tratado de Paz' ['Peace Treaty'] (staged to mark the choice of San Sebastián as European Capital of Culture (2015-2016)), 'Economía Picasso' ['Picasso Economy'] at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona (2012) and 'La noche española. Flamenco, vanguardia y cultura popular 1865-1936' ['The Spanish night: Flamenco, Avant-garde and Popular Culture'] at the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2007). His works have been shown at major international events such as the São Paulo Biennial (2014), in the Catalonia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2009) and at Documenta 14 (Kassel, Germany, 2017). In 2018 the Dos de Mayo Art Centre in Madrid staged a solo exhibition of his work under the title 'Pedro G. Romero. Habitación' ['Pedro G. Romero. A Room'].